deranger
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- Comment on What are the most popular conspiracy theories? 6 hours ago:
I think even that gives them too much credit. It’s just incompetence.
The US “did 9/11” by interfering with global affairs for decades until one of those schemes finally backfired.
I don’t think there’s any conspiracy necessary beyond that to explain everything.
- Comment on An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’ 16 hours ago:
I don’t get the last one and feel pretty dumb at the moment.
Screwball, crackpot… leaky faucet?
- Comment on Ok, boomer 1 day ago:
I did watch the video, it’s pretty good. He’s discussing the motivators behind overeating. He points out in the beginning that CICO is something that cannot be violated due to thermodynamics (incorrectly saying it’s the second law when he means first), but where the CICO approach fails is in addressing the obesity epidemic.
Ultimately, it is a personal decision to consume food. The genetic difference is in how hard this is. Genetics does not affect the physics at play. If you consume fewer calories and you expend, you will lose weight. There are no genetics that will permit you to derive more calories from food than what is consumed. Period.
Sometimes you just have to embrace the ascetic part of dieting and just suffer. Life is suffering anyhow, so you might as well make peace with it. It’s okay to be hungry, just like it’s okay to be bored. We’re not supposed to be satiated 24/7.
Please note I’m not saying over or under weight people are somehow worse people than those who are fit because they have poor willpower or something like that. We all have our problems, and everyone deserves respect as we navigate this fucked up life.
The thing is, nobody is going to be able to solve your problems except you. There is no pill that will fix your diet, and it’s not your genetics that put the food in your mouth. The only lasting solution lies within, whether that’s learning how to deal with not giving into your hunger pangs, or forcing yourself to eat when you’re not hungry, or just learning to love yourself as you are.
- Comment on Ok, boomer 1 day ago:
Yeah I hate when food and drink gets teleported into my mouth
- Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes 1 day ago:
HEVC is damn efficient. I don’t even bother with HD because a 4K HDR encode around 5-10GB looks really good and streams well for my remote users.
- Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes 1 day ago:
If you read RTINGS before buying a TV and setting it up in your room, you already knew this. Screen size and distance to TV are important for determining what resolution you actually need.
Most people sit way too far away from their 4K TV.
- Comment on ANTI PEE PAINT 3 days ago:
Great, now keep going down the questions I posed. I didn’t say anything about building toilets.
The point I’m making is that this paint won’t do a thing except cost money.
- Comment on ANTI PEE PAINT 3 days ago:
I’m not claiming it’s about homeless people, it just seems like a waste of money to me, and it fails to address the issue of people not having a place to piss.
- Comment on ANTI PEE PAINT 4 days ago:
Great, now we need to invent piss retroreflectors
- Comment on ANTI PEE PAINT 4 days ago:
Keep going down the list of questions, I’ve already accounted for other reasons why this is a dumb idea
- Comment on ANTI PEE PAINT 4 days ago:
You have to keep going down the questions, don’t just stop at the first.
- Comment on Room for cream? 4 days ago:
up my ass
- Comment on ANTI PEE PAINT 4 days ago:
If there was a toilet right there, do you think they would still choose the wall?
If they would still choose the wall, do you think the paint is going to deter them?
How much money was spent for people to learn to piss at an angle so that they don’t get splash back?
- Comment on arborholing 1 week ago:
Nope, fungi and other decomposers do that.
- Comment on arborholing 1 week ago:
Some being a key word there. Plants, as a whole, are not dependent on mammals for their existence.
- Comment on arborholing 1 week ago:
It’s because it doesn’t really make sense, plants came before animals. Plants do not need us to survive, but we need plants to survive.
- Comment on Are we living in a golden age of stupidity? 1 week ago:
You could say the exact same thing about the smartest people being able to spread their message, and the two effects cancel out.
Same age as any other, more or less. These are human problems that won’t be fixed until we’re no longer human.
- Comment on Are we living in a golden age of stupidity? 1 week ago:
Nope, humans have always been stupid. People said the same shit when the printing press was invented, or TV, or whatever.
Seriously, crack a history book. Modern times are actually pretty good, even with all the bullshit.
- Comment on Why do so many hand dryers not dry hands? Am I doing something wrong? 1 week ago:
That Harvard article is what I linked above. It’s where I found that the HEPA filter on the intake works well to reduce bacterial spread.
- Comment on Why do so many hand dryers not dry hands? Am I doing something wrong? 1 week ago:
Given the issue is fixed by putting HEPA filters on the intake of the dryers, it indicates the bacteria is coming from the air in the bathroom, not wet hands.
- Comment on Why do so many hand dryers not dry hands? Am I doing something wrong? 1 week ago:
Why is there bacteria on your hands after you just washed them and rinsed with clean water?
- Comment on Ain't no way 2 weeks ago:
You’d still have over 10% of the sample remaining as U-235.
Also, lead was there in some minuscule quantity when the box was sealed, the only thing that’s changing is the proportion between the two.
- Comment on People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, it wins by default. I have to say though, I’ve had one for years now and aside from it noticing it not able to bitstream Dolby TrueHD (decoded internally and sent as LPCM) or play some forms of Dolby Vision content (falls back to HDR10), it’s worked flawlessly as a media appliance. Some minor connection issues with screen mirror airplay from laptop to TV or music airplay from phone to TV but not enough to keep me away. I have the first gen 4k and if a family member needed a streaming box I’d buy a used one off eBay and a new remote. A solid setup for cheap.
- Comment on People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads 2 weeks ago:
Set him up with NextDNS then.
- Comment on Can you please help me pick a gaming desktop for my son that can run Monster Hunter Wilds? 3 weeks ago:
7800X3D is AM5 which is AMDs current socket. Of the choices presented, this is the most likely to be supported in the future, which is why I suggested this option.
- Comment on Can you please help me pick a gaming desktop for my son that can run Monster Hunter Wilds? 3 weeks ago:
2TB is SSD range now, is my point. Buying an HDD that small is kinda pointless. It’s massively outclassed in both speed and capacity by modern drives. It will be replaced quickly and end up being more expensive in the long run for more effort and a subpar experience.
- Comment on Can you please help me pick a gaming desktop for my son that can run Monster Hunter Wilds? 3 weeks ago:
I believe the price difference is made up by the current generation CPU and GPU, plus the fact AMD Is much more upgrade friendly with CPUs when they time comes. I do not believe option 1 to be the value proposition.
- Comment on Can you please help me pick a gaming desktop for my son that can run Monster Hunter Wilds? 3 weeks ago:
Option 2.
Buying less expensive things can be more expensive in the long run. With option 1 you’re already behind the curve and will be needing upgrades sooner than option 2.
- Comment on Can you please help me pick a gaming desktop for my son that can run Monster Hunter Wilds? 3 weeks ago:
2TB HDDs, what is this the 2010s?
Get a 1TB SSD for OS/games and 10TB HDD for media/cold storage. Neither are particularly pricey these days.
- Comment on You gotta rizz 'em 4 weeks ago:
If you work at a print shop you can turn memes into products in an afternoon